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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?Google_Corporation=C2=A9?= <matteucci@telecom.com.co>
Reply-To: accordia@163.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:11:03 +0100
Subject: Winning Alert !!!



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Google Corporation
Belgrave House
76 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9TQ United Kingdom.


Ref No: GFSP/ 7748/782/2015
Batch: GFSP/ 955/GPWIN/UK


OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION LETTER.



It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
Electronic Online Sweepstakes Organized by Google, in conjunction with
the foundation for the Promotion of Software Products, (F.P.S.) held
here in London UK.Google earns its profit mainly from advertising using
their very own Google search engine, Gmail , Gala , All Asia e-mail
service Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking and You Tube
video sharing, which are all offered to the public for free.


We wish to congratulate you once again, for being among the Twelve (12)
selected winners in the ongoing E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes.
Hence we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in
your patronage to Google and its Products. A Bank Draft of ?950,000.00
GBP {Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds} will be
issued in your name by our Foreign Payment Bureau and also a certificate
of prize claim will be sent alongside your Bank Draft.


You are advised to contact our Foreign Payment Bureau with the following
details below for the Processing of your Claims:


FOREIGN PAYMENT RELEAS E FORM.
(1) Your Contact Address:
(2) Your Contact Telephone/Mobile Number:
(3) Your Nationality/Country: (4)Your Full Names:
(5) Occupation: (6) Age/Gender: (7) Marital Status:
(8) Private Email Address:
(9) Ever Won An Online Lottery?
(10) How Do You Feel As A Winner?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Contact our Foreign Payment Bureau officer below: Dr. Gilbert Scholes
Ray.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with the E-mail
accounts as
follows: Email: accordia@163.com
…………………………………………………………………………………………………


NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims are processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements. Please be WARNED!!!! Congratulations from the
Staffs & Members of Google Board Commission.


MD Matt Brittin,
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director,
Google United Kingdom.
©2015 Google Corporation.

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